Hans Grob is the original godfather of the Cologne underground scene. It is said that concerts only start when Hans Grob has taken his seat in the first row, drinking his much-too-strong-coffee. As a strong and megalomaniac character he left GROB shortly after he supported Felix Klopotek to bring the label into life - his field of activities had to be wider than "just" producing other people's records.
It is the intention of the producers at GROB to support and publish the kind of improvised music that is not submitted to the well known clichés of post-serialism, free jazz and free rock, but that come up with different perspectives on, and different insights into, commerciality and zeitgeist-compatibility. GROB wants to unveil the productivity of a scene, which is in fact too diverse to be called a scene.
The label is rooted in the frustration on the fugitive character of improvised music.
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